silent tears roll down
inside
Children
noisy jeers ring out
around
battered asphalt
Judgement pronounced
for no other reason
than being different
Years
decades pass
scars heal
However
at one out of place
innocent
word
tears begin
again to fall
Reaction is
to defend self and sanity
facing the world
as a kangaroo court
© Berenice Dunford 2003
Published in blackmailpress 11
Featured in Kensington and Norwood Writers' Group 2003 RETROSPECTIVE (18 August section)